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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11638
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14944
13 Actual Demand 11317
14 Aggregate Planning 12366
15 Air Cargo 10273
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6770
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35043
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15429
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19476
20 Assembly Line 22850
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23157
22 Average Speed of Answer 26687
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23394
24 Batch Production 38772
25 Bill Discounting 14724
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11411
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7273
28 Blanket Release 10156
29 Bonded Warehouse 10191
30 Booking Number 14042
31 Bottleneck 9699
32 Buffer Stock 59666
33 Build to Stock 13146
34 Bullwhip Effect 9857
35 Business Logistics 26041
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12706
37 Capacity Management 41123
38 Capacity Utilization 14298
39 Capital Intensive 8581
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8941
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12291
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9052
44 Co-Destiny 9436
45 Co-managed Inventory 12724
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7013
48 Computer-Based Training 7801
49 Consular Invoice 20029
50 Container Depot 10726
51 Container Freight Station 10380
52 Continuous Replenishment 19719
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12210
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10416
58 Courier Service 15412
59 CPFR 8338
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11944
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44542
62 Date Code 18530
63 Days of Supply 20016
64 Dead on Arrival 9500
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7427
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8255
67 Detective Control 9052
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11118
70 Dispatching 24812
71 Distributed Inventory 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35142
73 Distribution Metrics 9328
74 Distribution Planning 24382
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15417
76 Double Marginalization 53022
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22568
78 Dual 5532
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20764
80 Echelon Inventory 26439
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38449
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50177
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25732
85 Engineer-to-Order 31978
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16804
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8448
89 Ex Works 7933
90 Exception Rate 13673
91 Exponential smoothing 9939
92 External Growth 10234
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9661
94 Field Services 7830
95 Field Warehouse 10996
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8979
97 Fishbone Diagram 14764
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27337
99 Flow Through Distribution 12477
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8329
101 FOB Destination 13220
102 Forward buying 30415
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8381
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11913
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29768
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12837
109 Hub 23636
110 Idle Time 8184
 
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